Chapter 4 - THE ACCUSATION
Victoria Sterling marched down the stairs with a venomous glare, her high heels clicking aggressively against the floor. As Julian’s wealthy fiancée and daughter of Senator Sterling, she had spent the last three years securing her position within the Vance corporate empire.
"She is wearing a fake uniform and using a paralyzed child to stage a miracle!" Victoria sneered, pointing a manicured nail directly at Sarah. "Security, drag this imposter out to the driveway and call the NYPD!"
Lily tightened her grip on Sarah’s waist, glaring at Victoria with pure hatred. "You lie! You told me mommy died in the ocean, but she is right here!"
Julian stood up slowly, stepping between Victoria and the two weeping figures on the floor. His eyes narrowed into slits as he looked at his fiancée with sudden suspicion.
"How did you know about the lullaby, Victoria?" Julian asked, his voice dangerously quiet. "I never told anyone the details of Evelyn’s private song."
Victoria’s face paled slightly beneath her heavy foundation, but she quickly recovered her arrogant posture. "Don't be ridiculous, Julian! That lullaby is famous across the entire country, anyone could have looked it up!"
"Not the cadence she used," Julian countered firmly. "Evelyn changed the last two lines every time she sang it to Lily."
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Sarah looked between the powerful billionaire and the arrogant socialite, her heart hammering against her ribs. Memories were surfacing like shattered glass, piercing through the fog that had wrapped her mind for five long years.
"I remember... a dark warehouse near the Brooklyn docks," Sarah suddenly murmured, her voice echoing softly in the tense room. "And a woman in a red gown telling a doctor to erase everything."
